#/bin/sh

rawurlencode() {
  local string="${1}"
  local strlen=${#string}
  local encoded=""

  for (( pos=0 ; pos<strlen ; pos++ )); do
     c=${string:$pos:1}
     case "$c" in
        [-_.~a-zA-Z0-9] ) o="${c}" ;;
        * )               printf -v o '%%%02x' "'$c"
     esac
     encoded+="${o}"
  done
  echo "${encoded}"    # You can either set a return variable (FASTER)
  REPLY="${encoded}"   #+or echo the result (EASIER)... or both... :p
}

# escape spaces
file=$( rawurlencode "$1" )
echo curl -g localhost:8080/jsonrpc?request=\{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"Player.Open\",\"params\":\{\"item\":\{\"file\":\"$file\"\}\},\"id\":\"1\"\}
curl -g localhost:8080/jsonrpc?request=\{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"Player.Open\",\"params\":\{\"item\":\{\"file\":\"$file\"\}\},\"id\":\"1\"\}